Evidence of long-distance movement of green sawfish (Pristis zijsron) in Western Australia

Jack Ingelbrecht; Mark G. Allen; Rebecca L. Bateman; Brendan C. Ebner; Travis Fazeldean; Kurt N. Krispyn; Karissa O. Lear; Tegan Lee; Alan J. Lymbery; Rory B. McAuley; Nicole M. Phillips; Jeff M. Whitty; Barbara E. Wueringer; David L. Morgan

doi:10.1071/MF24154

Evidence of long-distance movement of green sawfish (Pristis zijsron) in Western Australia

Jack Ingelbrecht, Mark G. Allen, Rebecca L. Bateman, Brendan C. Ebner, Travis Fazeldean, Kurt N. Krispyn, Karissa O. Lear, Tegan Lee, Alan J. Lymbery, Rory B. McAuley, Nicole M. Phillips, Jeff M. Whitty, Barbara E. Wueringer, David L. Morgan^*

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Context: In this study, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used to investigate kinship for the green sawfish (Pristis zijsron).

Aims: To examine the relatedness of P. zijsron across an expansive coastline in Western Australia.

Methods: Sampling was conducted between the Fitzroy River estuary and Bay of Rest in the eastern Indian Ocean (north-western Australia) between 2003 and 2022. SNPs were generated from tissues collected from 137 live and 1 recently deceased P. zijsron.

Key results: Overall, 62 individual P. zijsron were assigned to 25 litters of full siblings, with litter sizes ranging from 2 to 5 pups, and 76 P. zijsron individuals were assigned to 96 half sibling pairwise relationships. Four pairs of half siblings were captured more than 500 km and born at least 6 years apart, including one pair of neonates captured similar to 870 km and 8 years apart, in the Ashburton River estuary (Pilbara) and Cable Beach (Broome). Furthermore, a pair of full-sibling pups (i.e. young of the year) caught at Cape Keraudren (Pilbara) in 2008 were half siblings of a pup caught in the Ashburton River in 2014.

Conclusions: This study provides evidence of long-distance, likely parental, movement of P. zijsron.

Implications: Dispersal of P. zijsron over large spatial scales indicates that populations could be replenished from elsewhere should they experience a decline, thereby reducing the risk of localised extinction for this species.

Original language	English
Article number	MF24154
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Marine and Freshwater Research
Volume	75
Issue number	17
Early online date	21 Nov 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/MF24154
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Keywords

Kimberley
Pedigree
Pilbara
Pristidae
Rhinopristiformes
Dispersal
Reproduction
Sibship
Single-nucleotide polymorphism
dispersal
sibship
single-nucleotide polymorphism
reproduction

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Ingelbrecht, J., Allen, M. G., Bateman, R. L., Ebner, B. C., Fazeldean, T., Krispyn, K. N., Lear, K. O., Lee, T., Lymbery, A. J., McAuley, R. B., Phillips, N. M., Whitty, J. M., Wueringer, B. E., & Morgan, D. L. (2024). Evidence of long-distance movement of green sawfish (Pristis zijsron) in Western Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 75(17), 1-7. Article MF24154. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF24154

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